A Soviet assessment of radical geography, based on a 1977 collection of essays drawn mainly from the radical journal Antipode, finds that societal contradictions in the West, including an aggravation of problems relating to the environment and resource use, have given rise to a new school in geography that shows enhanced awareness of social issues. However, radical geography, as reflected in the 1977 collection, is viewed as not firmly based on Marxist-Leninist theory and as displaying evidence of anarchist and ultra-left views. It is regarded as prone to excesses in its outright rejection of quantitative techniques and of behavioral geography. The reviewers express regret that radical geographers make virtually no reference to the work being done by geographers in the Soviet Union in such areas of common concern as planning and regional policy. Despite some of these aspects, radical geography is treated as a serious new trend, and Soviet geographers are likely to watch the direction of its ideological ev...